Luke just decided I was.
recognised this idea, so i looked on one of those quote sitesIt’s probably inaccurate but I see melancholy as sadness you get some pleasure from
Aristotle said melancholy men of all others are the most witty.
ROBERT BURTON: The Anatomy of Melancholy, I, 1621
He is a fool that is not melancholy once a day.
ENGLISH PROVERB, traced by Smith to 1678
Melancholy is the pleasure of being sad.
VICTOR HUGO: The Toilers of the Sea, III, 1866